Solidarity Roast Cancelled…
…sorry, folks. While COVID-19 is much more under control in NJ, there has been a small uptick and we don’t want to take any chances. Sadly we’ll all have to […]
June 27th Live Zoom from Masaya with Axayacatl
Saturday June 27th, 2020 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada). To sign up, see details below description. Masaya, Nicaragua is COVID-19 hotspot. The mayor has died. Close friends and […]
COVID-19 & NICARAGUA: MAY 30TH, 7:30 PM ZOOM WITH AYNN SETRIGHT
When: Saturday May 30th, 7:30pm Email us now – we’ll send you the Zoom invitation: cinemaus@gmail.com While the rest of the Central America closed borders and initiated stay-at-home guidelines in […]
DONATE NOW: $20,000 EMERGENCY COVID-19 FUND FOR OUR PARTNERS
As coverage of COVID-19 in the US continues to dominate media coverage, our Nicaraguan partners have reached out with concern for our safety. Of course we are just as worried […]
What we saw in Nicaragua: Our digital delegation report
Postponed: April 18th Dinner Forum with Inhijambia’s Carlos Ernesto Molina
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are postponing our dinner forum and NJ tour with Inhijambia’s Carlos Ernesto Molina. We’ll share new dates as soon as they are available. In […]
Cancelled: Saturday April 25th Shipment Pre-packing
We can use as many able hands as we can get! We pre-pack on Saturday April 25th (St. Joe’s Shine in Stirling, NJ) in preparation for our May 9th Shipment […]
Cancelled: May 9th Humanitarian Aid Shipment to Nicaragua
We do not take this lightly, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are postponing our 77th Humanitarian Aid Shipment until Saturday October 10th. Currently, we are not accepting any […]
Saturday June 13th Dinner Forum: PeaceWorks Delegation to Nicaragua
It is our great hope that we will be able to see you in person on June 13th! While we have yet to make a final determination out of concern […]
Saturday July 11th Solidarity Roast
Come join us on Saturday, July 9th from 3 to 7pm (rain or shine) for our 28th Annual Solidarity Roast.with great food and live music. There will be barbecued foods […]
Saturday September 12th Dinner Forum
Soon we’ll post the topic of the forum, but in the meantime plan on coming hungry! Dinner will be served promptly at 6:30pm followed by a discussion at 7:30 Saturday […]
October 10th – Help pack out 78th Humanitarian Aid Shipment to Nicaragua
On Saturday October 10th we’ll be packing a 40′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need […]
November 14th Dinner Forum
Soon we’ll post the topic of the forum, but in the meantime plan on coming hungry! Dinner will be served promptly at 6:30pm followed by a discussion at 7:30 Saturday […]
December 12th Holiday Party!
Join us for a special celebration with a few our partners down in Nicaragua! Dinner will be served promptly at 6:30pm followed by a discussion at 7:30 Saturday evening, December […]
Help Us Turn on the Taps in Yalagüina: A PeaceWorks Project
Located about four hours north of Nicaragua’s capital city Managua, just off the Pan American Highway, Yalagüina is home to about 10,000 people. The town is quickly growing and has […]
Our 75th Humanitarian Aid Shipment to Nicaragua is off to Sea!
Awesome day, folks! On Saturday May 11th we packed our 75th humanitarian aid shipment to Nicaragua — it is headed out to sea. In record time we packed 897 pieces […]
April 13th Dinner Forum with Former Sandinista Comandante Luis Carrión
In the early 1970’s Luis Carrion’s father came home to find that his hunting rifles, and his son, had vanished. In 1979 Luis would emerge as Comandante Carrión, a leader of the […]
Over $700 Raised at our July 13th Solidarity Roast!
Thank you so much for great time and your kind donations! About 50 people came out on a beautiful July afternoon to enjoy great food and live music by Deivis […]
September 8-16th: Maria Eugenia’s Speaking Tour Schedule
The following dates and times are subject to change, please check back. Who is Maria Eugenia Delgadillo? Read her bio here. Download the complete schedule here. Saturday Sept. 8 […]
Volunteers needed October 13th – our 74th Humanitarian Aid Shipment to Nicaragua
On Saturday October 13th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need as […]
$2300 Raised at our July Solidarity Roast, $23,000 since April
Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy some fine, home-cooked BBQ, spend time among friends and build solidarity with the people of Nicaragua. Our Nica partners are going through a […]
Thank you! Our 73rd Humanitarian Aid Shipment is Out to Sea…and on its way to Nicaragua
Thank you to everyone who donated items, time and money to get our 73rd humanitarian aid shipment off to Nicaragua. About 60 volunteers came out on Saturday May 12th to […]
OVER $900 RAISED FOR PEACEWORKS AT THE MADISON BIKE SWAP
While dozens of kids and adults got a great bike, cheap, folks at the Madison Bike Swap raised over $900 for PeaceWorks projects in Nicaragua. Every year a group of […]
Highlights from our 2018 Delegation to Nicaragua
On Saturday March 10th, 54 people came out to the Friends Meeting in Chatham for dinner and a conversation with members of January 2018 delegation to Nicaragua. Download the full […]
Thank you to everyone who helped pre-pack for our 73rd shipment to Nicaragua
Thanks to 30 volunteers we took a huge step forward getting ready for our shipment day on Saturday May 12th! Thank you to everyone who came out on April 28th […]
Follow our 2018 Delegation to Nicaragua!
10 members of the PeaceWorks community have landed and are out and about in Nicaragua, traveling over gorgeous Volcano-lined landscapes to visit our local partners, see their projects, discuss priorities […]
May 12th: Come help pack our 73rd Humanitarian Aid Shipment to Nicaragua
On Saturday May 12th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need as […]
What We Can Do: Rosa Santana Shares Ways to Support Immigrants Under DACA, TPS
On September 5th President Trump sent Attorney General Jeff Sessions to announce that his Administration would revoke the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This Obama administration policy allowed […]
November 10th Dinner Forum
Join us on Saturday evening November 10th for a dinner forum with the PeaceWorks community. Soon we’ll share all the information on our presenter, so stay tuned…but as always, come hungry! […]
December 9th: PeaceWorks 25th Anniversary Celebration
You are invited! PeaceWorks is rooted in the social movement of the 1980’s that resisted the U.S.-backed war in Nicaragua. But even when the war ended, PeaceWorks continued to support […]
September 9th Dinner Forum: An Uncertain Status for Immigrants in the U.S.
Another Brick in the Wall? Fear and Uncertainty for Immigrants: A Conversation with Rosa Santana The U.S. Government’s Temporary Protection Status (TPS) permits immigrants from about 22 countries to remain […]
THANK YOU! OUR 72ND HUMANITARIAN AID SHIPMENT IS OUT TO SEA, ON ITS WAY TO NICARAGUA!
Our 72nd humanitarian aid shipment is off to Nicaragua! Thank you to everyone who came out, donated items & money, made food and provided good cheer on Saturday October 14th. […]
DON’T LET THE ROAD END HERE: FEDICAMP NEEDS 15K TO AVOID LAYOFFS
There are no roads to El Apante. The last dirt road ended three hours back — right before what locals call an incline. For anyone else, a really steep mountain. […]
Remembering Revolutionary Priest and Sandinista Foreign Minister Miguel D’Escoto
You may have missed this in the mainstream media, but Nicaraguan liberation theologian and Maryknoll Father Miguel D’Escoto Brockman passed away on Thursday at the age of 84. He was […]
Come on our January 2018 Delegation to Nicaragua!
Come on our January 2018 Delegation to Nicaragua. You’ll hike to mountain villages to see sustainable farming and water conservation projects. By boat you’ll glide through mangrove forests to participate […]
PeaceWorks 4-Day Summer Camp at the World Fellowship in New Hampshire (Aug 17-21st)
PeaceWorks Summer Camp 2017: Recreation, Relaxation…and Resistance Where: World Fellowship Center, Conway, New Hampshire When: Thurs. August 17th– Monday August 21st, 2017 Located at the foot of the White Mountains […]
Saturday May 13th: Help us pack our 71st Aid Shipment to Nicaragua
Un mano, por favor… On Saturday May 13th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send […]
Help Needed: April 29th Pre-Shipment Packing Day
We’ll be meeting up at our storage facility at the Shrine of St. Joseph on Saturday April 29th from 10am-2pm to organize and box donations for our 71st humanitarian aid […]
$1500 Raised at Wine Tasting Fundraiser for the Axayacatl Women’s Collective
Thank you to everyone who came out to try a special selection of wines and join PeaceWorks in supporting women’s empowerment projects in Nicaragua! Together, we raised $1500.00! Wines were chosen by […]
Reporting from the Field: Our 2017 Delegation to Nicaragua Report
In January 2017, 10 of us from the PeaceWorks community returned from a 12-day delegation to Nicaragua. Click here to download our report to learn about the people we met, the places […]
Whipping it into shape! The February Shipment Workday
It’s pretty amazing what you can get done when 40 people show up. Our new storage facility for our humanitarian aid shipments to Nicaragua, the Quonset Hut at the Shrine of […]
A Huge Thanks to All that Helped Pack our 70th Humanitarian Aid Shipment to Nicaragua!
As always, and for the 70th time, thank you very much. PeaceWorks was very proud to be joined by over 30 Seton Hall and 10 Don Bosco Prep students who […]
Forcing Change at Guantanamo: September 10th Dinner Forum with Frida Berrigan
PeaceWorks sends our warmest greetings to everyone who came out to our Dinner Forum on Saturday September 10th, 2016. After enjoying a fantastic meal with about 70 people, we had an […]
PeaceWorks 25th Solidarity Roast!
Not every community of people gets to come together every summer to enjoy great food, music and friendship as the foundation to build peace and stand in solidarity with the people of Central America. […]
Going Above and Beyond – PeaceWorks’ Marilyn Devroye
“People to people. Pueblo a pueblo. New Jersey to Nicaragua.” For nearly a quarter of a century PeaceWorks has built a community of solidarity between the people of New Jersey and […]
The PeaceWorks Community Rallies to Raise $25,000 for a New Vehicle for Inhijambia
The headline may be that the PeaceWorks community raised $25,000 in just over four weeks. But the real news is that the hard work of identifying and building trust with […]
PeaceWorks 69th Humanitarian Aid Shipment is out to sea!
Is it chugging by Miami? Heading through the Panama Canal? We’re not quite sure, but by early July all of our Nicaraguan partners will be unpacking a 45′ shipping container […]
June 11th Dinner Forum: Developing a Guatemalan Town, Fighting Mass Migration
Please join us on Saturday June 11th, at 6:30pm for dinner and a conversation about the enormous challenges of developing a rural Guatemalan town, and stopping the mass exodus of […]
Follow our delegation through Nicaragua: January 6-20th, 2020
The PeaceWorks 2020 delegation will start in Northern Nicaragua, visiting several rural communities struggling to adapt to the harsh effects of climate change. The delegation will be accompanied by the […]
